Ahmad Jafarov

Hey there! I'm Ahmad, a Software developer who's spent the last 4 years getting unreasonably invested in web and mobile development with React.

Currently, I'm the Lead Frontend Developer at Ferrum Capital(opens in new tab), working on internal systems like CRMs and ERP tools, and building public mobile apps for factoring and business operations, taking projects from architecture all the way through to delivery.

In my spare time, I'm usually hanging out with my cat, playing guitar(opens in new tab) (my neighbors definitely love it), training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and adding books to my Goodreads(opens in new tab) "to-read" list to pretend I'm actually going to read them.

(Here's a fun ASCII wave I made for you. You're welcome.)

Approach

I'm obsessed with understanding how things work under the hood. Grasping the intuition behind concepts (shoutout to 3Blue1Brown(opens in new tab)) made me better at implementation. But I'm realistic-sometimes I have to trust the abstraction, otherwise I'd never ship anything.

I try to build tools that genuinely help people. I remember when I was an undergraduate student, I built a website that executed React code and let users take markdown notes (Jupyter Notebook–style).Watching my friends actually use it to prepare for exams showed me technology is most meaningful when it makes someone's life easier. Experiences like that also taught me how much perspective matters: it only takes seeing one person struggling with any kind of software to understand the real-world importance of accessibility and usability. That’s why I invest deeply in building products that are both usable and inclusive, ensuring people of all abilities can benefit from the tools I create.